“Top Gun: Maverick” is the biggest global blockbuster of Tom Cruise’s already blockbustery career. Perhaps you’ve been compelled to re-watch the original “Top Gun” from 1986 — or, depending on your generation, watch it for the first time.
“Top Gun: Maverick” is the biggest global blockbuster of Tom Cruise’s already blockbustery career. Perhaps you’ve been compelled to re-watch the originalfrom 1986 — or, depending on your generation, watch it for the first time. But me? I went back to revisit another movie Cruise made with director Tony Scott and producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer: 1990′s “Days of Thunder.
It was Paul Newman, his co-star in “The Color of Money” , who got Cruise into racing. NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick let Cruise drive one of his stock cars around Daytona. “I think I hit 175 mph,” Cruise said in an interview years later. “The second I climbed out of that car on pit road, I said, ‘We have to make a movie about this!’”
Scott was also back as director, recycling at least one shot from “Top Gun” of two lovers in silhouette going in for a kiss. A number of people worked on the screenplay, but it was Robert Towne who got it to gel. That got me thinking about his career in the 10 year span that followed “Top Gun.” The pool hustling in “The Color of Money.” The trick bartending in “Cocktail.” The roadtripping in “Rain Man.” The war serving and subsequent war protesting in “Born on the Fourth of July.” The race car driving in “Days of Thunder.” The Irish immigrating of “Far and Away.” The lawyering in “A Few Good Men” and “The Firm.” The bloodsucking in “Interview with a Vampire.
From left: Best picture winner"Rain Man" stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man cared for by his younger brother, played by Tom Cruise.Some of these roles suit his talents better than others. But I like that he went for it. And he’s squaring off with some towering old guard names: Duvall, Newman, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, Gene Hackman. Even with top billing, he was willing to take roles where wasn’t always the most important person in the story.
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